Abram Duryee

Abram Duryee (29 April 1815-27 September 1890) was a Union Army Brigadier-General during the American Civil War.

Biography
Abram Duryee was born in New York City, New York in 1815, and he became a wealthy mahogany importer while also rising to the rank of Colonel in the state militia, in which he served from 1833 to 1859. When the American Civil War broke out, he raised the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, a zouave regiment. He was later given command of a brigade in James B. Ricketts' division, fighting at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, the Second Battle of Bull Run, and the Battle of South Mountain, being wounded at Cedar Mountain and South Mountain. At the Battle of Antietam, after Ricketts rose to corps command, Duryee took over Ricketts' division, and he was again wounded. On 5 January 1863, he resigned after the army refused to return him to command of his old brigade after he came back from a leave of convalescence. In 1873, he served as New York City Police Commissioner, and he served as dockmaster in 1884. He died in 1890.